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PS4 Pro sold 65,194 consoles in Japan in the first 4 days after its release (Nov 10-13) according to Famitsu.

The regular PS4 sold 28,318 consoles between November 7-13 meaning total PS4 sales last week were 93,512 units. PS4 has now sold 3,445,990 consoles life to date in Japan (based off Famitsu's number for PS4 LTD).

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201611/16120739.html

For comparison the PS4 Slim sold 96,000 in its first week and that model costs substantially less than PS4 Pro (PS4 slim costs 29,980 Yen and PS4 Pro costs 44,980 Yen).

This is a better result than PS4 Pro had in the UK where it sold 42,000 in its first week.

 

[GrizzNKev]

Is this good or bad news for sony

 

[TheStruggler]

Is this good or bad news

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[Jpop]

Is this good or bad news

That's not hot.

 

[Jameson]

Is this good or bad news

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[funkystudent]

Not bad. Not great either.

WIll be interesting to see how big the FFXV bump will be for hardware sales

 

[Jawbreaker]

That's pretty damn good.

 

[Douche McBaggins The 3rd]

Is this good or bad news

Isn't that like the entire three years of Xbox one in Japan? I think the Xbox one still hasn't hit 100k in Japan.

Ummmm is this good or bad? I'm kind of confused at the moment. But isn't this one of the bigger PS4 pushes there?

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

322k was the 48 hour sales of the OG model in Japan.

The Slim sold 96k its first week.

 

[johnnydrama]

Xbox stands no chance in Japan NPDs now.

 

[Aceofspades]

Impressive number, people were expecting 30-40k

 

[BigTnaples]

322k was the 48 hour sales of the OG model in Japan.

So pretty damned good for a mid gen refresh/new SKU.

 

[Jawbreaker]

Isn't that like the entire three years of Xbox one in Japan? I think the Xbox one still hasn't hit 100k in Japan.

Ummmm is this good or bad? I'm kind of confused at the moment. But isn't this one of the bigger PS4 pushes there?

No, the PS4 Slim was what got the big push in Japan.

 

[Obliterator]

I guess this is kind of alright? I never expected big numbers from Japan for the Pro in the first place but I'm still somewhat underwhelmed with the numbers we have gotten for it so far.

 

[GrizzNKev]

322k was the 48 hour sales of the OG model in Japan.

So.. Not bad for an upgrade model?

 

[Jpop]

That's pretty damn good.

Oh, how the expectations have fallen.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

Seems like a decent start to me.

 

[Jawbreaker]

Oh, how the expectations have fallen.

That's the Japanese home console market in a nutshell.

 

[GhostTrick]

Impressive number, people were expecting 30-40k

I wonder in what world 65k for the launch of a new model is impressive.
It's mediocre. It's not bad or alarming but it's not good or satisfying either.
Japanese sales really got bad.

 

[reptilescorpio]

Good numbers considering they are pushing Slim hard in Japan with FF15 in stores.

 

[jmaine_ph]

Not bad. Not bad at all.

 

[LordKano]

I don't think it's a bad score but it's certainly not great. If you combine PS4Pro and Slim first week I think it barely sells over what the PS3 Slim did on its first week. But I haven't verified, I may be slightly off.

 

[Obliterator]

For those wondering this is essentially 2x the number the PS4 by itself performed last week for Pro numbers. Take that what you will

 

[Jameson]

From the comments so far, I'm getting a meh/ok impression.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

So pretty damned good for a mid gen refresh/new SKU.

PS3 Slim sold 151k in 5 days, so it's not terrific

But Pro is more expensive

 

[DarkLordMalik]

These are actually impressive numbers if we consider the release of the Slim and how Japan doesn't care much about the better hardware. Not sure why people are trying to downplay it.

PS3 Slim sold 151k in 5 days, so it's not terrific

But Pro is more expensive

The market back during PS3 Slim and the market right now is day/night difference.

 

[ponpo]

Does this include digital

 

[cw_sasuke]

Solid start for Japan - but i doubt this model will play a big role in that market.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

Oh, how the expectations have fallen.

I don't think expectations have fallen .
This is a new business model and consoles sales in Japan are not good .
65k is not bad since this much more expensive than the normal PS4.

 

[Sesuadra]

well, for the japanese home console market..that's actually pretty good.

Edit: afaik the PS4 Pro is still sold out on amazon.co.jp

 

[Occam]

Not great, but ok. PS4 Slim probably stole a lot of PS4 Pro's thunder.

 

[Guymelef]

322k was the 48 hour sales of the OG model in Japan.

The Slim sold 96k its first week.

Also Slim sales had to compensate the previous weeks of really weak sales, this time Slim sales didn't stop before Pro launch.

Good numbers for Pro but it will reach low weekly numbers soon, like Vita Tv did.

 

[Obliterator]

From the comment so far, I'm getting a meh/ok impression.

Its kind of meh in both the UK and Japan. Its not bombing but its not exactly lighting up the charts. I'm really curious what NPD is going to look like

 

[reptilescorpio]

Solid start for Japan - but i doubt this model will play a big role in that market.

Yeah I expect it will tail off considerably in the coming weeks aside from tie ins.

 

[Megawarrior]

Seems good for japan. I was expecting half that.

 

[Opus Angelorum]

Solid start for Japan - but i doubt this model will play a big role in that market.

This.

 

[GhostTrick]

These are actually impressive numbers if we consider the release of the Slim and how Japan doesn't care much about the better hardware. Not sure why people are trying to downplay it.

No one's trying to downplay it, people are trying to make them big. Impressive ? As I said, either people forgot how big the japanese market was or just got used to the sorry state of the market there.
If we consider Slim release, we'd have to remember how OG PS4 sales fell down the 2 or 3 weeks before Slim release. 65k for a new hardware is NOT an impressive number. But as I said, it's not a bad or alarming number either. It's mediocre or average. That's all.

 

[Aceofspades]

PS4 almost cleared 100k for one week in JP (65k pro+28k slim)

Thats higher than Xbox one lifetime sales in one week.

 

[Pankratous]

Disappointing.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

Its kind of meh in both the UK and Japan. Its not bombing but its not exactly lighting up the charts. I'm really curious what NPD is going to look like

What were you expecting ?
If we go by what Sony think they will ship even they don't expect big numbers .
1 to 2 million the most this year .

No one's trying to downplay it, people are trying to make them big. Impressive ? As I said, either people forgot how big the japanese market was or just got used to the sorry state of the market there.
If we consider Slim release, we'd have to remember how OG PS4 sales fell down the 2 or 3 weeks before Slim release. 65k for a new hardware is NOT an impressive number. But as I said, it's not a bad or alarming number either. It's mediocre or average. That's all.

yes the Japanese market has fallen but it's not like any company has done this before .
Unlike the slim this system cost more not less.
You really can't comapre to this to a slim models which normally comes with a price drop.

 

[duckroll]

This is a good number as a launch number but I don't think it's going to be much of a start at all. Keep in mind that in the first 4 days, 46,492 units of PSVR was sold just a month ago. I wouldn't be surprised if pretty much all those VR early adopters also got a Pro. When you think about it like, I think it makes more sense why they managed to have a good bump - because the system isn't just seen as a mid-cycle upgrade, but an essential upgrade for those who are interested in getting the most out of PSVR. Outside of that I don't expect the Pro to be the popular choice moving forward, especially with the FFXV LE Slim coming in a week's time.

 

[DarkLordMalik]

I don't expect big numbers or long legs going forward either. Seems like the enthusiastic fans bought it day 1 but the rest will just wait and see how much support it gets. It is not like they are rushing to buy 4K TV in Japan.

 

[GhostTrick]

PS4 almost cleared 100k for one week in JP (65k pro+28k slim)

Thats higher than Xbox one lifetime sales in one week.

Is there anything in Japan lower than Xbox One lifetime ?

 

[tolkir]

PS3 Slim sold 150,252 in 3 days.

Edit: Beaten.

 

[Obliterator]

What were you expecting ?
If we go by what Sony think they will ship even they don't expect big numbers .
1 to 2 million the most this year .

I wasn't expecting a ton, and then again its not performing a ton.

Its more just a comment for those that thought this was going to bring a huge difference to performance. From what we are seeing this isn't really highly reflective in any market (but NA still remains to be seen)

 

[Hedgey]

It's currently sold out on amazon JP, might have just been a supply thing.

 

[Guymelef]

PS3 Slim sold 150,252 in 3 days.

And PS2 sold better than PS3.
And NDS sold better than 3DS.

 

[ULTROS!]

Is there anything in Japan lower than Xbox One lifetime ?

Probably the Virtual Boy?

 

[Stilton Disco]

For a market that will have fewer big 4K TV's in homes simply due to space issues, and a mobile centric gaming population that has never truly embraced HD console games, it's actually slightly better than I expected.

There's no point in trying to draw any real wider trend from Japanese sales. It's it's own unique, weird little market, and the PS4Pro was never designed with it in mind.

 

[Cheesecakebobby]

Not bad considering the price. I did the smart thing though and bought mine on Amazon UK for a saving of around 15% (thanks Brexit).